Clothesline-fixture



- H. A. HAZLETT. CLOTHESLINE FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED DEC 17. l9l9.

Patentd J 11115 7, 1921.

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Patented June '7, 1921.

Application filed December 17, 1919. Serial No. 345,462.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'HOMER A. Human, a citizen of the United States, residin at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and S tate of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothesline-Fixtures.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes line fixtures.

The object of my invention is to provide simple, eflicient and easily adjusted means for fastening the ends of clothes lines so that the lines may conveniently support articles to be dried.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the preferred form of my device; Fig. 2 shows the device attached to a clothes pole; Fig. 3 is a plan of a modified form of my device adapted to be fastened to the side of a building; and Fig. 4; is a side view of said modified form. 1

My fastener is made from a single piece of metal rod or heavy wire, the center of which is bent to form a substantially circular screw hole 10. The two branches of the wire are then turned parallel with each other, and again bent outwardly on curved lines to form a retainer 11 for a knot on the end of a clothes line, said opening having a restricted and resilient throat 12 through which the line may be inserted. The branches of the wire are then bent outwardly on a horizontal line to form the top 13 of the fixture and turned downwardly on converging straight lines to form the sides 14 of the fixture, after which, in preferred construction (Figs. 1 and 2), the ends are curled upon themselves to supply the terminal screw holes 15. In this form of my holder the device may be conveniently attached to an arm 16 on a clothes pole by screws 17 passing through the openings 10 and 15. When the length of the clothes line (to be used in a particular locality) has been determined, knots are formed in the ends thereof and the line adjacent to each knot may be forced through the resilient throat 12, and the line being so adjusted in the retainers 11 a secure and rigid fastening is formed by the lmots in the ends of the line which are held against the retainers 11.

The modified form of my device (see Figs. 3 and 4:) is adapted for fastening a line against the side of a building or in a similar position where it is necessary to offset the fixture to provide clearance for the knot behind it. In this form of my device the screw hole 10, retainerll, throat l2 and top 13 are substantially identical with the preferred construction, but the .side arms converge more-abruptly and at the ends are bent toward each other without forming the terminal screw holes 15. In this alternate form a block 18 is provided to olfset the fixture from the side of the building, and a clamp 19 is placed on the outer side of the fixture, while the screw 20 passes through said clamp, the eye 10 and the oifset block 18 and is threaded in the usual way into the side of the building or balcony to which it is desired to attach the fixture. The retainer 11 for the clothes line in this form projects .above the clamp and offset block, and secures the line by means of the knot 21 in the same manner as in the preferred construction.

In use, when two of the fixtures have been attached to suitable supports, the line may be cut the proper length to extend between the fixtures and allow for a knot at each end of the line. Having securely tied such knots the line adjacent to each knot is slipped through the throat of a fixture and will be held in the retainer 11 by the pressure of the knot against the back of the fixture. After use the line may be quickly and easily removed by merely pulling its ends upward through the resilient throats 12.

It is obvious that my fixtures may be used to extend and fasten ropes or lines for other purposes than the hanging of clothes without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described consisting of a single resilient rod bent to form a central screw hole and a knot retainer, sai rod forming substantially parallel branches between said screw hole and knot retainer, the ends of the rod being formed with loops and means for attaching said loops to a suitable support.

2. A device of the class described consisting of a resilient rod bent to form the following elements, viz: a central screw hole with a knot retaining ring above said screw hole, openings above andbelowsaid ring to increases the resiliency thereof and converging branches extending substantially below 5 said screw hole and ring to form attaching means for the device.

3. A deviceof the class described consisting of a resilient rod bent to form a central screw hole, a resilient knot retainer, a flat top and converging branches outside and ex- 10 tending below said retainer and screw hole.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

HOMER A. HAZLETT. 

